Big sister, Maya, and Baby Sage
Prayer Highlights:
Today was a better day, with a successful though difficult blood draw. The family has decided to keep Sage at her current hospital. Please pray that the swelling continues to go down and that they get to go home Saturday.
"This beautiful, sunny day has been a bit better. Sage's chest looks less red and a bit smaller - baby steps. Her blood work is good with lower levels of white blood cells and everything else looking better than yesterday. The blood draw was horrible - it took over an hour and 4 different people to get the blood, which meant a ton of needle pricking in poor Sage's arms and legs. But, they got what they needed and we did not need to increase the antibiotic dose after all. I see this as a good thing: although progress is so slow, I really don't want her to have more antibiotics than absolutely necessary. She has had so much already.
She was worn out all day from the blood draw and slept most of the day. She is awake now and looking at us with her daddy's beautiful blue eyes while she kicks her legs and waves her arms around. She's a strong little one despite all of this - we thank God she has been such a good eater.
Because she is making progress and the treatment she is getting is pretty standard (just IV antibiotics), we are staying here at Good Sam for now. The nurse said the average stay in this wing is 2 days, so we are considering Sage above average already :) :)
I can't wait to hold her without having to finagle all of the cords attached to her body, to carry her in the Baby Bjorn, take her on a walk in her stroller...all of the normal things are what I look forward to most about going home. Even cooking and cleaning the house sound good right now!
Praise:
Thank you for your continued prayers and words of encouragement. We pray now that the swelling continues to go down and that we will be able to celebrate Sage's 3 week birthday on Saturday by going home!
Blessings,
Holly"
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